United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The United States competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 396 competitors, 278 men and 118 women, took part in 189 events in 19 sports.

Medalists
The United States finished third in the final medal rankings, with 34 gold and 94 total medals.

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.


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* - Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.

Archery
After winning both gold medals in the first modern Olympic archery contest at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the US returned only one of the six archers who had competed in Munich, Linda Myers. Even though neither of the reigning gold medallists competed in Montreal, the United States again won both gold medals. Luann Ryon set new Olympic records for women's competition in both the single FITA round and the double FITA round categories. Darrell Pace did the same in the men's competition. All four of the American archers placed in the top eight.

Athletics

 * Key
 * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
 * Q = Qualified for the next round
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target


 * Men
 * Road and track events


 * Field events


 * Combined event – Decathlon


 * Women
 * Track events


 * Field events


 * Combined event – Pentathlon

Basketball

 * Summary

Men's tournament

 * Roster
 * Phil Ford
 * Steve Sheppard
 * Adrian Dantley
 * Walter Davis
 * William "Quinn" Buckner
 * Ernie Grunfeld
 * Kenneth Carr
 * Scott May
 * Michel Armstrong
 * Thomas LaGarde
 * Philip Hubbard
 * Mitchell Kupchak
 * Head coach: Dean Smith


 * Preliminary round
 * Group B


 * Semifinal


 * Gold medal game

Women's tournament

 * Roster
 * Cindy Brogdon
 * Susan Rojcewicz
 * Ann Meyers
 * Lusia Harris
 * Nancy Dunkle
 * Charlotte Lewis
 * Nancy Lieberman
 * Gail Marquis
 * Patricia Roberts
 * Mary Anne O'Connor
 * Patricia Head
 * Julienne Simpson
 * Head coach: Billie Moore

Canoeing

 * Men


 * Women

Key: QF – Qualified to medal final; SF – Qualified to semifinal; R – Qualified to repechage

Cycling
Thirteen cyclists represented the United States in 1976.

Track

 * Pursuit


 * Sprint


 * Time trial

Diving

 * Men


 * Women

Equestrian

 * Dressage


 * Eventing


 * Jumping

Fencing
18 fencers represented the United States in 1976.


 * Individual
 * Men


 * Women


 * Team

Gymnastics

 * Men
 * Team


 * Individual finals


 * Women
 * Team


 * Individual finals

Handball

 * Summary

Modern pentathlon
Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1976.

Rowing

 * Men


 * Women

Qualification legend: FA = Final A (medal); FB = Final B (non-medal); SF = Semifinal; R = Repechage

Sailing

 * Alternate:Dick Tillman

Swimming

 * Men


 * Women

* - Athlete swam in the heat but not the final.

Note: Times in the preliminary rounds ranked across all heats.

Wrestling
Key:
 * TO – Victory by fall.
 * DQ - Loser disqualified for passivity.
 * D1 - Loser disqualified for passivity, winner also judged to be passive.